Amish are pretty much everywhere now. As the land became scarce in their usual areas of residence, they started branching out. We have Amish and Mennonite in Texas, near Bastrop (a few miles east of Austin). And they are always running ads for “Amish in Texas” for furniture. It is solid wood, beautiful and beautifully made. I expect it is not cheap, but it is probably the only stuff you will ever buy for a lifetime, and can be passed down to other family members after you are gone. THey will also use it for a lifetime, then pass it down.

Yes. Family farms that have been passed down for centuries, little to no property tax, no car payments, insurance, maintenance, gasoline, no electric, no TV, x-box, computers, DVDS, etc, grow ALL your own food.
Kinda makes for nothing much to spend your money on!

And the land is now worth in the millions. So yes, they are that rich, but its all tied up. And since the land is no longer available in abundance, they are moving whole communities to other locations, like Colorado, Montana, etc so the younger generation can start their farms

That could be true that they are rich and so on but the “kids” in that show LEFT their religion for years, they were PRETENDING to still be part of it. One girl was doing porn or something like that. So the premise was wrong.

That is the media take on rumspringer, which literally means “running around.” At that age (usually late teens) they are not yet baptized into the chyrch. They can experiment a bit with dating and some go alll out to live an English lifestyle, good or bad. If they never return to the church,they are mourned and generally asked not to come to visit. If they return and are baptized, they are welcome back in the fold. If they are baptized and THEN leave, they are shunned by the entire community until and unless they return and confess and get forgiven to return to the church. Most of the kids don’t go nuts, but a few do. And increasingly more are choosing not to be baptized and live under the Ordung

If I were starting a business I wouldn’t want Obama anywhere near it. He can cause companies to fail even if he dumps a bunch of our money into them. I think at this rate it will take him less than the next four years to put America out of business.

FTA: ” A start-up furniture company so celebrated as a sign of America’s manufacturing rebound that its leader was President Obama’s White House guest at last year’s State of the Union address has closed suddenly.”